Be an advocate... good set of rules and suggestions in this article...and well worth reading...BD
(CNN) -- One day in the hospital, Vladimir Atryzek overheard a nurse mention that his daughter, Molly, needed to have some bone marrow extracted. The nurse said she would be preparing Molly immediately for the potentially painful procedure. art.patient.gi.jpg Don't be afraid to ruffle a few feathers and speak up for a sick loved one, one advocate says. There was just one problem. Atryzek knew Molly didn't need to have her bone marrow taken; she'd just had it done recently. So for what wasn't the first time -- and wouldn't be the last -- Atryzek stepped in as an advocate for his daughter. "I told the nurse we weren't doing bone marrow today, and she pointed to the chart and said, 'No, it says right here we're doing bone marrow,' " recalled Atryzek, whose 17-year-old daughter is in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, fighting leukemia. "I asked the nurse to check it, and she came back and said, 'Oh, you're right, no bone marrow.'
Rule No. 2: Ask questions until you understand the answer. "Keep your loved one honest," Rackner said. "Make sure they tell the doctor everything."
Rule No. 5: Scope out the nurses. Suzanne Atryzek said it's crucial to befriend the smartest, most helpful nurses early on. "Nurses will guide you," she said. "Nurses are where it's at."
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